A qualitative evaluation of a health literacy intervention to improve medication adherence for underserved pharmacy patients

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 559-567

  Blake, Sarah C ^e   McMorris, Karen ^a   Jacobson, Kara L ^e   Gazmararian, Julie A ^b   Kripalani, Sunil ^c,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Healthcare Management   (United Kingdom)

^c Section of Hospital Medicine   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health literacy; Medication adherence; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REMINDER SYSTEMS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77952926813     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0283     Document Type: Article

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